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President Mahinda Rajapaksa has invited Northern Province Chief Minister C. Wigneswaran to join the delegation which would leave for Delhi to attend the swearing-in of Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi, Government Information Department said ...

Sri Lanka today ‘unequivocally’ condemned the terrorist attack on the Indian Consulate in Herat Province, Western Afghanistan this morning. ...

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has invited National Freedom Front (NFF) Leader and Minister Wimal Weerawansa for a meeting tomorrow to discuss the 12 proposals that were approved at the second National Convention of the NFF, the party said today ...

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) today rejected the invitation extended to Chief Minister C.Wigneswaran by President Mahinda Rajapaksa to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Indian Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi stating that such collusion would give a false impression to the International Community. ...

Newly elected Bharathiya Janatha Party (BJP) on Thursday justified its decision to invite Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa for Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony saying it is an invitation to celebrate democracy and should be seen in that context. ...

This is the heart-stopping moment a man caught a baby as he fell from a second-floor window onto a busy street in Southern China. ...

Discussions on establishing a joint opposition understanding is underway with initial talks being held today between UNP national leader and Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe ...

The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) today confiscated over 600,000 cakes of soap worth Rs. 2.4 million, fraudulently manufactured under the name of a popular brand of soap, in a raid carried out at a factory in Ekala, Ja-Ela, the Cooperative and Internal Trade Ministry said ...

Former Matara Judicial Medical Officer (JMO) Dr Kithsiri Wijeweera who is now serving in Badulla, today told that even  though blood transfusion and surgery were performed on  British national Khuram Sheik, his death was imminent since the stab injuries on his face had cut blood and oxygen supply to his brain ...

Amidst growing opposition from parties in Tamil Nadu to the invitation to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa for Narendra Modi's swearing-in as Prime Minister, Congress state unit yesterday virtually defended it, saying the Lankan leader was the only option to discuss issues related to welfare of minority Tamils in Sri Lanka. ...

President Mahinda Rajapakse has confirmed that he will indeed be attending the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi's on May 26 ...

The Judicial Magistrate Court at Paramakudi has remanded in judicial custody till June 4 the 14 Sri Lankan fishermen, arrested by the Marine police on Wednesday ...

Ibrahim Shafaz Abdul Razzaq (Safa), a local drug lord serving a 18-year prison sentence and missing after being granted permission to leave the country for medical purposes, has been arrested in Sri Lanka ...

In what seemed to a paradigm shift in the import policy of the government, Deputy Minister of Finance, Dr. Sarath Amunugama, yesterday said that plans were afoot to cut down vehicle imports by 30 per cent in the near future and to assemble them locally ...

President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Chinese President Xi Jinping held bilateral talks in Shanghai this morning and discussed the progress of ongoing collaborative projects as well as new areas of cooperation, Presidential Media Unit said ...

BJP's ally MDMK on Wednesday opposed the participation of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa in the May 26 swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi as Prime Minister, saying his presence would hurt the feelings of the Tamil people ...

Two United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) Uva Provincial Councillors contested for the election from the National Freedom Front (NFF) crossed over to the United National Party and Sri Lanka Freedom Party today during the Council sitting. ...

United National Party National Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he went to the US to learn how to set up a UNP Government and develop the country and said if he wanted to learn about corruption and terror he would have gone to Medamulana ► ► ► ...

A man is reported to have been admitted to hospital after he was shot at by an unidentified man near the Tangalle Magistrate’s Courts a short while ago. ...

Dr Subramanian Swamy, a senior BJP leader and a strong critic of the LTTE, has asked the Prime Minister elect Narendra Modi to bring all our neighbours together on the day of his swearing-in ...